diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f17107c67bb..75e00472bc8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
         <postgresql-jdbc.version>42.7.7</postgresql-jdbc.version>
         <mariadb.version>11.4</mariadb.version>
         <mariadb.container>mirror.gcr.io/mariadb:${mariadb.version}</mariadb.container>
-        <mariadb-jdbc.version>3.5.2</mariadb-jdbc.version>
+        <mariadb-jdbc.version>3.5.3</mariadb-jdbc.version>
         <mssql.version>2022</mssql.version>
         <mssql.container>mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server:${mssql.version}-latest</mssql.container>
         <!-- this is the mssql driver version also used in the Quarkus BOM -->